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I barely slept that night. Asher and I got back home sometime around 4am, and after a brief and awkward attempt at normalcy, we both headed up to our rooms and tried to sleep.
But I couldn’t do it. My whole world had just been turned upside down, and there was absolutely no one I could tell about this. Everything now made sense, but then there was the complication of knowing that I now had to keep Asher’s secret as well.
Could I really just continue living as usual? Werewolves actually existed, and yet everything about the world seemed normal. Surely that revelation must have caused a seismic event or something. But everything remained normal, even after I managed a short nap, and came downstairs for breakfast shortly after.
"Morning, kiddo," Dad said, giving me a warm smile. "H
